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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary cen·trif·u·gal \\sen-ˈtri-fyə-gəl, -ˈtri-fi-, especially Brit ˌsen-tri-ˈfyü-gəl\\ adjective ETYMOLOGY New Latin centrifugus, from centr- + Latin fugere to flee — more at fugitive DATE circa 1721 1. proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis2. using or acting by centrifugal force a centrifugal pump3. efferent 4. tending away from centralization : separatist centrifugal tendencies in modern society• cen·trif·u·gal·ly \\-gə-lē\\ adverbnoun DATE 1866 : a centrifugal machine or a drum in such a machine centrifugal
c.1721, from Mod.L., coined 1687 by Sir Isaac Newton from L. centri- alternative comb. form of centrum "center" (see center) + fugere "to flee" (see fugitive). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 centrifugal
cen·tri·fu·gal / 7sentri5fju:^l; sen5trifjE^l / adjective (technical 术语) moving or tending to move away from a centre
离心的 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: centrifugal blower , or centrifugal casting , or centrifugal clutch , or centrifugal compressor , or centrifugal field , or centrifugal force , or centrifugal governor , or centrifugal machine , or centrifugal pump , or centrifugal separator , or centrifugal sugar
cen·trif·u·galI. \(ˈ)sen.|trifyəgəl, -fə̇]g-, -fē]g-, ]k-, Brit also |sentrə̇.|fyüg-\ adjectiveEtymology: New Latin centrifugus (from centri- + -fugus, from Latin fugere to flee) + English -al — more at fugitive 1. : moving, proceeding, or acting in a direction away from a center or axis — opposed to centripetal < centrifugal acceleration of a body >2. a. : using or acting by centrifugal force < a centrifugal compressor > b. : separated or freed from (as liquid) by centrifugal force < centrifugal flotation of solids from liquids >3. a. : developing and expanding successively outward and downward from the center or summit — used of the flowers of an inflorescence b. : having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit4. : passing outward (as from a nerve center to a muscle or gland) : efferent 5. : tending away from centralization : separatist < must soon discover that a system centrifugal in tendency and decentralizing in spirit, unless closely restrained, was certain to lead them far from the Canaan of their hopes — V.L.Parrington >II. noun(-s)1. a. : centrifugal machine b. : a drum in such a machine2. : centrifugal sugar — often used in plural |